From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat May 6 9:40:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3D7937BC30 for ; Sat, 6 May 2000 09:40:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA29131; Sat, 6 May 2000 10:40:19 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20000506103437.03fcf520@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 10:40:11 -0600 To: Olaf Hoyer From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Why would fxp be slower than ed? Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4.1.20000506131523.026548b0@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> References: <4.3.1.2.20000505233127.043bf890@localhost> <4.3.1.2.20000505222842.043b5e00@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 05:20 AM 5/6/2000, Olaf Hoyer wrote: >Hi! > >Well, on those old boards the IRQ 5 had to be designated via jumpers or >BIOS entries to a specific port. I once did some routing of the IRQ 5 to >ISA only (because my old soundblaster was there), and wondered why my >system (had an old ASUS PCI/I SP3 in, the predecessor to the SP3G) won't >boot. There I discovered with diag software that my vid card (Miro 8S) >actually also took the IRQ5, and was hardwired to that.... We were using IRQ 5 for the NE2000 clone before we went to the fxp. So, I know that the IRQ is available and that nothing is hardwired to it. I initially avoided IRQ 15, because I was concerned that it might be hardwired to the second IDE interface, but I may try it now. >Because its only PCI 1.3 spec, I assume, there are some issues in general... >Basically, you have to configure it properly with the IRQ routing, The BIOS is Award, which has a very clear user interface for this. >also >take in mind that most vid cards also want one. We're letting the video card grab IRQ 9 for its exclusive use. --Brett "You're not just e-mailing her, you're e-mailing anyone she's ever e-mailed." -- Dayton Daily News Cartoonist Mike Peters on the "Melissa virus" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message